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youtube-dl --rm-cache-dir --no-cookies [URL]

yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXAMPLE youtube-dl unable to download json metadata http error 404

yt-dlp is a fork of youtube-dl that is actively maintained by a different community of developers. While youtube-dl often goes months without an update, yt-dlp is sometimes updated multiple times a week to circumvent the latest changes made by YouTube and other sites. youtube-dl unable to download json metadata http error 404

If all above fail and the video loads in a browser, the site may have changed its API irreversibly for youtube-dl . – it’s the modern drop‑in replacement. youtube-dl unable to download json metadata http error 404

youtube-dl --cookies cookies.txt [URL]

If this works, add the user-agent permanently to your config file ( ~/.config/youtube-dl/config ).